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Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Pettit Bay (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Pettit Bay. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Pettit Bay is located in Cherokee County.

To see how the shape of Oklahoma's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Cherokee County: Adair, Mayes, Muskogee, Sequoyah & Wagoner.

Below are the counties that are near Pettit Bay. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pettit Bay:

  • Cherokee County     (The home county of Pettit Bay)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pettit Bay, with the one closest to Pettit Bay listed first.
    • Pettit
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Pettit is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettit
    • Caney Ridge
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Carters Landing
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Keys
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Keys is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keys
    • Cookson
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Barber
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Dry Creek
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Dry Creek is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Creek
    • Tenkiller
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Tenkiller is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenkiller
    • Park Hill
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Tsa La Gi Indian Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Zeb
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Zeb is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zeb
    • Welling
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Adair County
  • Delaware County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pettit Bay, with the one closest to Pettit Bay listed first.
    • Oaks
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Oaks is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaks
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oaks <1>
    • Rocky Ford
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Rocky Ford is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ford
  • Haskell County
    • Tamaha
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Tamaha is located in Haskell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tamaha
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 235 people
  • Mayes County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pettit Bay, with the one closest to Pettit Bay listed first.
    • Iron Post
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Iron Post is located in Mayes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Post
    • Ballou
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Cedar Crest
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Snake Creek
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Snake Creek is located in Mayes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snake Creek
  • Muskogee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pettit Bay, with the one closest to Pettit Bay listed first.
    • Sour John
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Sour John is located in Muskogee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sour John
    • Braggs
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Fort Gibson
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • River Bottom
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • River Bottom is located in Muskogee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bottom
    • Webbers Falls
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Wybark
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Bacone
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Muskogee
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Warner
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Summit
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Summit is located in Muskogee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
    • Simms
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Simms is located in Muskogee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simms
  • Sequoyah County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pettit Bay, with the one closest to Pettit Bay listed first.
    • Evening Shade
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Box
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Flute Springs
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Flute Springs is located in Sequoyah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flute Springs
    • Paradise Hill
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Paradise Hill is located in Sequoyah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Hill
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
    • Redbird Smith
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Redbird Smith is located in Sequoyah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbird Smith
    • Marble City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Dwight Mission
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Pinhook Corners
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Pinhook Corners is located in Sequoyah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinhook Corners
    • Marble City Community
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Marble City Community is located in Sequoyah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble City Community
    • Vian
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Vian is located in Sequoyah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vian
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,356 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vian <1>
    • Gore
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Gore is located in Sequoyah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gore
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 946 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gore <1>
    • Brushy
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Brushy is located in Sequoyah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy
  • Wagoner County
  • Crawford County (AR)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pettit Bay, with the one closest to Pettit Bay listed first.
    • Barcelona
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Stop ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Stop is located in Crawford County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stop
    • Uniontown
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Uniontown is located in Crawford County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
  • Washington County (AR)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pettit Bay, see our County-by-County Page for Pettit Bay.

Cemeteries Near Pettit Bay ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pettit Bay.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Pettit Bay - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pettit Bay covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pettit Bay, with the one closest to Pettit Bay listed first.

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<4>

While we didn't find Pettit Bay in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pettit Bay.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Pettit Bay, with the one closest to Pettit Bay listed first.

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pettit Bay. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pettit Bay.

Newspapers Published in Pettit Bay ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 70 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pettit Bay.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pettit Bay, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pettit Bay.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Pettit Bay:

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pettit Bay) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<4>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Pettit Bay, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.